Broken Fragments

I had stayed locked in the room Ethan put me in for what seemed like hours. It was silent outside, but I could tell something had happened. But the question was what? What was going on?

The clock ticked rather loudly, ticking me off. ((Haha…get it?)) I laid in his couch, and almost fell asleep when the door opened.

Jasper walked in this time, and I immediately shot up, full of questions. "Jasper what happened?" I demanded.

He looked pained, choosing his words carefully, as not to worry me too much. Panic swept over me in large doses, but then a sudden calmness slowed my rapid beating heart.

"It's Ethan…he's injured." He said gently. No matter how gently it was…it still felt like a dagger in my heart.

"What?!" I exclaimed. "What happened?"

"The doctor that Edward and Bella has freed him from…he's back."

I felt unreasonably calm in all this, and it must be Jasper's doing. Cheater…

"Let me see him,"

"No Carlisle's attending to him."

"Please!!!"

"No. I'm driving you home."

"That's not fair." I crossed my arms, but I followed him to his car. There were broken pieces of glass on the windows, and the cheers and jeers of Emmett and Alice were silent. The Cullen family excluding Carlisle and Ethan were in the living room talking in low whispers too soft for me to hear.

"Jasper…" I said my voice below a whisper. We were in the car now, with him driving full speed, although we weren't crashing into anything. "Am I a burden?"

"No of course not," he said, but I could tell he was lying. That tone of voice he used almost sounded patronizing. I scowled. He sighed, but he still kept his eyes on the road. "Look, I'll tell you the truth. Ethan loves you so there's nothing I can do about that. He wants to protect you no matter what, so even if you were a burden, he could give a damn about that because he wants to be with you all the time."

I was silent about the whole thing he had said. Wow. I smiled. "Thanks Jasper."

"You're welcome."

"So I'm not a burden?" I said. He had avoided the question substituting it with fluff. It was fluff that was true, but nonetheless the answer.

Jasper sighed. "You're stubborn, aren't you?"

"Yes."

"Like that one pers-"

"Jasper!"

"Okay, okay. You're not a burden, Kimiko. I swear. You're easier to take care of than a lot of things. So don't say that you're just a weight that pulls down us." He said it in a sincere tone ((or so I think)), which made me satisfied.

"So…" I said to change the subject. "What kind of music vampires like?"

He turned a knob on the radio controller, which immediately emitted piano music. I groaned. "Classical music?"

Jasper looked genuinely hurt. "What, it's good!"

"It's boring," I scoffed.

"Well did you know that what Ethan plays for you is classical? Or what he says…"

That made me curious. "What? You've never heard of it?"

"No…I can't hear it."

"Why not?"

"Because…the song is meant for you, so only you can hear it."

It made me feel a little lightheaded that only I can hear it. Wow…I felt so special…

"It still has the same effects on people, like making them feel happy and so on, but only the person who it is meant to can hear it." He paused, and then remembered something. "Oh yeah, and he writes all of his own music. So you know he loves you."

I had never realized how much he did. I always thought it was just a typical school boyfriend-girlfriend love…but this was more than that.

X O X O X O

"Daaad, I'm home!" I yelled out when I arrived.

"In the garage!" He yelled back. We had a tendency to yell instead of walking near the person.

I walked in the garage and he slid out of a broken-down car and grinned. "I'm trying to fix this up."

"That thing?" I inquired. "Good luck."

"Luck I shall have…I hope!" He announced, as I turned to go to my room to work on something.

"Oh yeah and Kimiko," he said, his voice serious. "Have you been hanging out with the Cullens again?"

I winced. He found out! How did he? I put on perfume didn't I?

"Whatever fragrance you have can't compare to leech scent." He sighed. "Kimiko, what the hell are you doing hanging out with them?!"

"I can do what I want, can't I?" I burst out angrily.

"It's breaking the freaking contract! You don't belong with them!!! You belong here…why don't you hang out with another group of people?!"

"It's not just the contract is it…it's because of Bella right?!" I said. He looked truly shocked. I know it stung, but I had to get out the truth. "You don't want me to date her son because you hate her since she became a vampire!"

"No," His voice was trembling, but it was deathly quiet. "That's not true. I still love her. But I know we can't be that way anymore. I just don't want you to make the same mistake as me. Belonging to the side of the werewolves, and you love someone that's on the enemy's side. Because I don't want to see you get hurt."

I was stunned at what he just said. Was that really true? "I-I'm sorry Dad." I said, my voice calmer now. "But…nothing is going to stop me from seeing Ethan."

"I know…that's what Bella said." He sighed. "But you have to be careful…you are technically breaking the contract even though you yourself is not a werewolf. Your children's children will be. So…watch out."

X O X O X O

The next day at school Ethan didn't come. My heart sank into a deep depression. I would have to go through the whole day without knowing even that he's fine. But he's a vampire right? He would be okay…

After school, I opened my locker and in it was a piece of paper I don't remember putting in. I opened it to see in perfect script, "Sorry I can't be at school. I miss you, and I'm fine. Be careful. Love ya, Ethan."

I closed my eyes in happiness. He was okay…for now. I practically skipped out of the school when I saw the infamous Rachel clique. I hid behind a wall and waited for them to walk away.

But there was someone facing them, his back turned against me, obviously much too old for this school.

"So tell me," he said calmly. "Where is a boy with the name of Ethan Cullen?"

Rachel had panic in her eyes, trembling with fear. "I d-don't know!" She spluttered.

"Why not? You know him very well don't you?" The guy grabbed her collar and pulled her closer. "Tell me or there will be very severe consequences."

Even Rachel didn't deserve this. I could tell…this person wasn't normal…what did he want with Ethan?

He raised his head and looked around for something. I quickly whipped around to hide, but unfortunately while in my quick reaction, something dropped from the contents of my backpack. Damn it…!

"So are you the famous Kimiko Black?" The man said. He was suddenly right next to me, and I didn't hear a thing. His eyes were a deep burgundy red and the way his lips curled at me made me shudder uncontrollably.

"Where's Ethan Cullen…your boyfriend I presume?"

How did he know that? I couldn't say anything. I was shaking too much with fear.

He raised my chin with his head. "I am pretty thirsty…I just might use you as an afternoon snack." My instincts told me to run but I couldn't. Fear had grown around me like vines. He was a vampire.

Someone pushed him over, making him fall on the ground. Who could do that…move a vampire out of the way?

"Get away from my daughter you leech." Dad sneered. Relief swept over me as I was momentarily out of danger.

"Ugh…a mutt. This is not the last time we will meet." He disappeared without a trace.

My heartbeat was still rapid, and Dad looked at me with concern and little of anger. "Do you know who he was?"

"No…" I said. It was the truth…but I had a hunch who it was.

Dad glared. "Related in any matter to Ethan Cullen?"

I winced. "No." I lied.

"Don't lie to me Kimiko."

"I don't know!" I burst out. "Can we just get home?"

X O X O X O

As we got home, I saw Hiro on the way. Dad whispered something thing to him that I couldn't catch, throwing a quick glance at him as a smile slowly crept on Hiro's lips. What were they up to?

I walked by them suspiciously into the house, and I suddenly thought that vampire was in my house.

"OH MY GOD!" I screamed out. But silence replied back my outburst.

It was just a shadow. I laughed nervously to myself. My mind was just playing tricks on me. That's all.

That vampire…sure was scary though. He made my blood freeze and make my body shake in fear.

The house was dead silence, and I couldn't take it anymore. I opened the door quickly and joined back to Dad and Hiro's conversation.

I'm not scared…just being cautious.

X O X O End Chapter X O X O

Author's Note- So I might update tomorrow too ((depends on if I'm feeling creative enough to write another chapter)) but after that…I won't update much.

I already told you that I'm going to NY this weekend, will be at my aunt's house the whole weekend including Monday, and school starts Tuesday.

Joy. ((Add extra sarcasm and you got it!))

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.Vickie.